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14 LGBTQ+ Innovators, Inventors and Scientists who changed the world

Idea to Value

While homosexuality has often been associated with the arts and creativity, it has never been as openly accepted within the scientific community. He is an advocate for using open source software and hardware available for any entrepreneur, no matter what their background is. However, there was a problem.

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When Information Design is a Matter of Life or Death

Boxes and Arrows

Additionally, medicine information leaflets are required to be reviewed and approved by a competent authority, which varies from country to country, before being included in the packaging with the medicine. Possible Design Improvements. How can these materials be designed so that people end up taking the medicine as directed?

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The only two measures that matter

David Marks

On the backdrop of the boundless creativity of scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs (often one and the same) a cottage industry of management theories has emerged. This could be due to a favorable set of regulations, processes, brand, network and technologies or any combination thereof. It is on the Equilibrium Field.

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The only two measures that matter

David Marks

On the backdrop of the boundless creativity of scientists, technologists and entrepreneurs (often one and the same) a cottage industry of management theories has emerged. This could be due to a favorable set of regulations, processes, brand, network and technologies or any combination thereof. It is on the Equilibrium Field.

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Designing for Harmony

Boxes and Arrows

In a flash of insight, he realized that software could replace pencil-and-paper accounting for everyone. They had users try their new software, Quicken, while they ran a stopwatch. Then they’d tweak the software and retest until processes that took an hour were reduced to a quarter of that.

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Why Tim Cook is Steve Ballmer and Why He Still Has His Job at Apple

Steve Blank

Microsoft entered the 21st century as the dominant software provider for anyone who interacted with a computing device. 16 years later it’s just another software company. Between 2001 to 2008, Jobs reinvented the company three times. A shorter version of this article previously appeared in the Harvard Business Review.